Inherit User Constants Values

[terry10]

I had a workflow with several separate workstreams in it. The workstreams make use of user constants.

To simplify the parent workflow, we want to convert each of the workstreams into a standard macro.

When a user constant value is updated in the parent workflow, the new embedded macros should use the updated value. 

Is there any way to have an embedded macro inherit a user constant from a parent workflow without passing that value through an input anchor?

[Qiu]

@terry10 

I think it may not work as you wanted.

One workaround is to create an input file containing your constant then read in in the main flow and your macros.
It is not pretty, I know.

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Constants are global variables for a workflow that are defined on the Workflow tab in the Workflow Configuration window. Constants make it possible to change a value in a single location and have that change apply to the rest of the workflow

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